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HARMFUL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO USE

HARMFUL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO USE. AMELIA EARHART PHYSICAL EDUCATION Project RAD. TOBACCO. Smoking behaviors often begin in adolescence Advertisements encourage the idea that these behaviors are acceptable Smoking can have devastating effects on health. WHY PEOPLE USE TOBACCO.

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HARMFUL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO USE

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  1. HARMFUL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO USE AMELIA EARHART PHYSICAL EDUCATION Project RAD

  2. TOBACCO • Smoking behaviors often begin in adolescence • Advertisements encourage the idea that these behaviors are acceptable Smoking can have devastating effects on health

  3. WHY PEOPLE USE TOBACCO • Most adolescents do not believe there is a great risk in smoking cigarettes • Friends and family smoke • Experimentation • Low self-esteem, susceptibility to peer pressure • Sensation-seeking, rebelliousness, anxiety

  4. TYPES OF TOBACCO • Cigarettes • Cigars • Pipes • Chewing tobacco • Snuff (more finely cut or powdered for sniffing or dipping)

  5. What is in a Cigarette?

  6. YOU SHOULD KNOW • Smokers are more likely to die from heart attack or stroke • Women who take birth control pills and smoke increase their risk of heart attack several times • “Light” cigarettes do not lower the risk of heart disease • After quitting, recovery time for heart attack risk to reach that of a non-smoker is 3-9 years

  7. Smoking and the Heart!!

  8. WHY PEOPLE CONTINUE TO USE TOBACCO • Nicotine addiction • It becomes a habit • It is perceived as pleasurable • Arousing and provides energy • Helps concentration and lifts mood • Reduces anger, tension, depression, and stress

  9. Smoking effects the Brain!

  10. EFFECTS OF TOBACCO USE • Acute bronchitis • Chronic bronchitis • Pneumonia • Emphysema • Cardiovascular disease (hypertension and stroke) • Cancer • Periodontal disease • Osteoporosis

  11. Smoking and your Lungs!!

  12. A full jaw or half? You decide!

  13. SUMMARY • Tobacco use often begins during adolescence • Tobacco has harmful effects to the fetus or unborn child • Nicotine and THC harms the mind (brain) and body systems. • Tobacco has harmful chemicals • Nicotine is an addictive psychoactive drug

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